Epic may have made many a gamer’s dreams come true this week by delivering the latest instalment of its mammoth Gears of War franchise, but the developer isn’t handing out smiles to Unreal fans after confirming that there’s currently no new Unreal title in the works. Be brave, take a deep breath and read on.

“We have a couple other major franchises that we’ve not been paying attention to. It’s been a long time since we shipped an Unreal game, and it’s an awfully loved franchise that we hold pretty dear here. We haven’t been giving it the attention it deserves because we’ve been focusing on Gears of War and […]

GOG.com has a sale going on until Monday, August 31 on Unreal titles. Unreal and Unreal II: The Awakening are $8.49 each, and Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2004 are also being sold at the same price. Great deals there. More through the site. Thanks, Joystiq.

GameTap will be adding Unreal Gold and Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year edition to the service today. The free game of the week is Total Overdose and the regular free library has had BloodRayne, Colin Mcrae Rally, Commandos 3, and Operation Flashpoint added to it. Fantastic. More over on the GameTap Blog. Via BigDownload.

Games on demand service Metaboli’s now carrying the entire Unreal series, as part of a just-signed three-year deal with Epic. Included Unreal Gold, Unreal II: The Awakening, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor’s Choice Edition, and Unreal Tournament 3 Black. Press release after the break.

Epic boss Mark rein reckons there are distant plans to create another single-player Unreal. Remember them? “I’m sure that at some point in our future we will make another Unreal, single-player, story-driven game. I’m sure at some point there will be one,” he told Eurogamer. However, “There are no plans to do one today.” Rein […]

Epic’s added a good chunk of its entire oeuvre to Steam, including Unreal Gold, Unreal II: The Awakening and the Unreal Tournament series of games, including Unreal Tournament 3. You can buy the lot for $60, which is a bit silly, really. “Epic is a leading developer of game engine technology and has produced some […]